Cardiff will be illuminated on Friday 7 October in aid of Cancer Research UK The charity’s Shine Night Walk, which is returning to the city after the success of the first event last year, will take place this Friday. Participants can choose to raise money for the area of life-saving research closest to their hearts. This includes research into prostate cancer, breast cancer, bowel cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, brain tumours, children’s cancers and leukaemia. Or they can simply give…

Osian John, Operations Manager at Acorn Recruitment has raised more than £5,000 by rowing and skiing one million metres in just 31 days, in aid of Cancer Research UK.   In memory of his father Owen, who died in July 2020 from a very aggressive form of bile duct cancer, 37-year-old Osian was determined to raise money for Cancer Research UK but in a different way, so by using a rowing machine and a Ski Erg (gym equipment which mimics…

People across the region are being encouraged to look beyond Lockdown by making a date to join Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Cardiff.    The charity’s much-loved events are aiming to return to the city later in the year but with socially distanced measures to help keep participants safe. Anyone who signs up this January can claim a special 30 per cent off the entry fee by using the code JAN2021.   COVID-19 has caused a devastating loss of research funding. Cancer Research…

Popping in to the Cards for Good Causes Shop at St John the Baptist Church in Cardiff to buy Christmas cards has become a local tradition for so many people. This year though has been a challenge with the shop being unable to open. But you can’t keep a good pop-up down! The shop has moved just up the road to the High Street Arcade in Castle Quarter. The Arcade, completed in 1885, was once home to a sea of…

National property consultants, Bruton Knowles, has launched a new charity partnership with Cancer Research UK, with a target of £30,000 to raise over the next two years. To raise as much money as possible, Bruton Knowles has internally recruited a Charity Champion. Based in the Cardiff office on Newport Road, Colin Caunter, Lands Rights Specialist, will be responsible for spearheading the fundraising initiatives within his team, organising events ranging from creative bake offs to sponsored sleep outs and charity auctions….

Rugby star and testicular cancer survivor Matthew Rees is backing this year’s Stand Up To Cancer campaign alongside his Cardiff Blues teammates to help speed up life-saving research. Stand Up To Cancer, a joint fundraising campaign from Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK, unites celebrities, scientists and communities from across the UK. Every hour, around two people are diagnosed with cancer in Wales*. Matthew, who was diagnosed with the disease when he was just 32, said: “Cancer is a word…

Staff working for Bellway Wales – which has its divisional head office in Cardiff – have raised and donated an amazing £12,745 for Cancer Research UK over the past two years. Fundraising events were organised by employees from the Cardiff office in St Mellons and the division’s developments across South Wales and Gloucestershire, with the totals raised by staff boosted by double match funding from Bellway’s head office in Newcastle upon Tyne. Further events are now already being planned for…

A CARDIFF recruitment consultant who climbed into the ring to trade punches in a charity boxing match has proven he’s no lightweight after raising almost £3,000 for Cancer Research UK. Dad of one Josh Williams, who had never boxed before, beat his opponent in front of a packed audience at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday night. Josh, 34, from Marshfield, was inspired to take part in the Ultra White Collar Boxing event as his mother in law, Nikki Ramsey, is…

In the wake of Mother’s Day, South Wales mums and daughters are being urged to join the fight against cancer by entering Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life Brecon Beacons Hike. The charity is inviting women of all ages, shapes and sizes to support and pledge to take part on Saturday 30th June at Brecon Showground, Brecon. Taking part in the Race for Life Hike can be a hugely moving experience as people come together to remember loved ones lost…

WOMEN in South Wales are being urged to lace up their hiking boots and join the fight against cancer as Cancer Research UK launches an exciting new event in Wales Brecon Beacons has been chosen to host a Race for Life Hike event for the first time. The Race for Life Hike along Brecon Beacons will take place on Saturday 30th June. Just eight iconic locations in the UK have been selected to hold Race for Life Hike events, which…